TORONTO – On a day where Score Media found out it’s getting a new part-owner (Alliance Atlantis owns 22.3%), the company reported good growth in its first quarter…
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MONTREAL – Consolidated net earnings for the first three months of fiscal 2007 increased by 9% over last year, rising to $32.6 million, said Astral Media today.
The owners…
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LOOK FOR REPORTS BEGINNING next Monday from the 2007 National Association of Television Program Executives conference in Las Vegas.
We promise not to star-gaze too much and concentrate on…
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WINNIPEG – Solid Q1 results were almost the last thing anyone wanted to talk to CanWest Global Communications CEO Leonard Asper, given the company’s announcement Wednesday afternoon.
However, the…
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EXPECT CRTC COMMISSIONERS to take the finest of fine-tooth combs to the sale of Alliance Atlantis, because this is far from a straightforward buy. Control, as always, is key…
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TORONTO – Unsurprisingly, two of Canada’s media unions said today they oppose the deal announced yesterday to sell Alliance Atlantis to a partnership of U.S. investment banker Goldman…
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QUEBEC CITY – Without fanfare, and hoping it’s not too late to carve out a niche in the social networking web space, Quebecor Media’s Canoe news site has launched…
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TORONTO – XM Satellite Radio Canada’s owner, Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings, said today it passed the 147,000 subscriber mark at November 30, 2006.
"We are off to a promising…
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OTTAWA – A Supreme Court ruling on liquor license fees in new Brunswick will be used as fresh fodder as the Canadian Association of Broadcasters announced today it has…
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WINNIPEG – CanWest Global today was awarded a radio licence to launch a third FM radio station in the United Kingdom.
The new station, Original FM, will be located…
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